Monday, 13 September 2010

John Thavis of the Catholic News Service tells us who will be in the Pope's seguito or entourage. They include

Fr Federico Lombardi, the Jesuit who is Benedict XVI's spokesman and press director.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's Secretary of State (sometimes known as the "deputy pope"), for many years no. 2 at the CDF where Cardinal Ratzinger was prefect. With Bertone will be Mgr Leo Cushley, the Scot who coordinates the English-speaking desk at the Secretariat.

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's Secretary of Relations with States, or "foreign minister".

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